Harness-hook.



UNITED s 'A rs PATENT OFFICE.-

HARNESS-HOOK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 18, 1907.

Application filed July 2, 1906. Serial No. 324Al6.

To a. whom. it may concern:

Be it known that I, JoNAs I-I. HITTLE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mackinaw, in the county of Tazewell and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Harness-Hooks, andI do declare the following to be a full, clear,

. hooks, means being provided whereby the hook may be swung to anout-of-the-wa y position when not in use.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists ofcertain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement ofparts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure 1 is a perspective view of aharness hook constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is avertical, longitudinal sectional view of the same, showing the keeper inclosed position in full lines; Fig. 3 is a detail, perspective view ofthe keeper; and Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 2, showing the keeperin open position for the removal of the harness from the hook.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 denotes the hook, whichconsists of a lower supporting bar 2 having at one end an integrallyformed upwardly-projecting pintle or pivot bolt 3, which is provided onits upper end with an enlargement 4, which forms an offset or shoulder5. The lower portion of the pintle or pivot bolt 3 between the shoulder5 and the bar 2 of the hook is adapted to be engaged by a clip 6, bymeans of which the hook is pivotally connected with the wall or othersup ort, whereby said hook may be swung latera ly in either direction toan outof-the-way position when not in use.

Formed integral with the upper end and projecting outwardlysubstantially parallel to the bar 2 is a guard arm 7, the outer end ofwhich is forked or bifurcated, to present fingers. In the outerterminals of the fingers is arranged a bolt 9, on which is pivotallymounted a keeper or retaining bar 10. The keeper consists of a flat barslightly tapered on the sides towards one end and rovided on one sideadjacent to its other en with an integrally formed malleable tongue 11,which is adapted to be bent into the form of an eye 12 around the bolt9, thereby pivotally con necting said keeper thereto. In the upper sideof the bar 2 adjacent to its outer ,end is formed a recess 13, thebottom or lower wall of which inclines downwardly toward the end of thebar, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. When the keeper is in o erativeposition, its free or reduced end is a apted to engage with recess 13,as shown in full lines in Fig. 2. 7

When it is desired to place the harness on the hook, the keeper is swungupwardly through the. bifurcated outer end of the guard arm, therebypermitting the harness to be sli ped onto the supporting bar 2, afterwhich tl ie keeper is swung downwardly until the lower tapered end 14 isseated in the recess 13, wherein the same is held against outwardmovement, thereby securely holding the harness on the bar 2. When not inuse, the hook may be swung in either direction in the supporting clip 6to an out-of-the-way position.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the inventionwill be readily understood without requiring a more extendedexplanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to withoutdeparting from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of this invention, as defined by theappended claims.

Having thus described my invention, 'what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters-Patent, is

1. A harness hook comprising a sup orting bar having a pintle at one endand a 00king recess at its other end, a guard arm carried by the pintleand disposed in substantial parallelism with the bar and having its freeend provided with spaced fingers carrying a bolt, and a keeper having aneye to engage the bolt and anend to engage the locking recess.

2. A harness hook comprising a supporting bar provided with a lockingrecess, a

guard arm provided with spaced fingers, a

pintle connecting the bar and the arm and provided with a bearingshoulder, a clip to engage the intle between the shoulder and thesupportlng bar, and a keeper pivoted be- 5 tween the fingers and havingone end arranged to engage the locking recess.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing Witnesses.

JONAS H. HITTLE.

Witnesses:

JOHN PARMELE, JAMES F. WILLIAMS.

